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Internet helping to bring older veterans together

Published 11/11/2010, The Daily Republic

Sometimes all a veteran needs is a little help from his friends.
That was the case with Ken Carlson, 76, of Mitchell, the longtime friend of Charlene and Steve Larson, of Mount Vernon.
A former crew chief and aircraft mechanic who served stateside during the Korean War era, Carlson recently used the Internet — with Charlene’s help — to find a long-lost Air Force buddy, Paul Ward, of Wichita, Kan.

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